Airports Serviced

Airports Serviced by Southwest Airways & Pacific Air lines.

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  Serviced airport to time of merger July 1, 1968
Airport Code (See Notes below) Cities Served From To
ACV Arcata/Eureka, California 1947 02/14
APC Vallejo/Napa, California 1947 01/15 1953 05/27
BFL Bakersfield, California 1956 01/19
BUR (1) Burbank, California 1953 08/03  
CEC Crescent City, California 1948 09/01
CIC Chico, California 1947 01/15
CLG (2) Coalinga, California 1946 12/02 1953 05/27 
FAT Fresno, California  1962 05/08
IYK (3) Inyokern, California  1953 08/03 1960 11/30
IYK continued Inyokern, California 1962 05/08
LAS Las Vegas, Nevada 1957 10/27
LAX Los Angeles, California 1946 12/09
LGB (4) Long Beach, California 1962 06/01
MCO Fort Bragg/Mendocino, California 1947 02/14 1956 11/08
MFR Medford, Oregon 1947 04/01 1967 08/27
MRY Monterey, California 1946 12/02
MYV Marysville/Yuba City, California 1947 01/15
NUQ San Jose, CA (Moffett Field) 1947 03/10 1949 01/31 moved to SJC
OAK Oakland, California 1947 01/15
OVE Oroville, California 1949 09/26 1953 05/27
OXR Oxnard, California 1946 12/02
PMD Palmdale, California 1957 09/29 1959 10/31 moved to WJF
PDX Portland, Oregon 1959 09/01
PRB Paso Robles 1949 09/26 1954 03/10 
PRB continued Paso Robles 1956 04/26 from SPB
RBL Red Bluff, California 1947 01/15 1961 12/01 
RDD Redding, California 1947 01/15
RNO Reno, Nevada 1962 06/01
SAC Sacramento, California (Municipal Airport) 1947 01/15 1967 10/27 moved to SMF
SAN San Diego, California 1962 06/30
SBA Santa Barbara. California 1946 12/02
SBP San Luis Obispo, California 1946 12/02 1956 04/26 moved to PRB
SCK Stockton, California  1955 03/07
SFO San Francisco, California 1946 12/02
SIY Yreka, California 1947 04/01 1958 01/31
SJC San Jose, California (Municipal Airport) 1949 02/01
SMF Sacramento, California (Metropolitan Airport) 1967 10/28
SMX Santa Maria, California 1946 12/14
STS Santa Rosa, California 1946 02/14
SXC Catalina Island, California 1959 06/18 1960 01/09
TVL Lake Tahoe, California 1963 10/27
UKI Ukiah, California 1947 02/14 1961 12/28
VBG (5) Vandenberg Air Force Base 1962 01/02
VNY (5) Van Nuys, California 1962 01/02  1964 02/28
WJF Lancaster, California (Fox Air Field) 1959 11/01
WVI Watsonville/Santa Cruz, California 1946 12/02 1956 07/20
none Clear Lake, California (Middleton Airport) 1947 08/03 1947 09/24

 

Notes:

(1) Burbank served briefly (1946 12/02-12/08) before LAX opened for commercial traffic

(2) Service suspended 1949 04/27 to 1950 09/24 while runway was reconstructed and paved

(3) Restricted to Navy personnel only until 1958

(4) Also served from 1959 06/18 to 1960 01/09 during Pacific's flights to Catalina Island

(5) Flights into Van Nuys and Vandenberg AFB restricted to DOD personnel only